Cloth-pressing machine.



H. K. KOUYOUMJIAN. CLOTH mmssme MACHINE.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

' I APPLIOITION FILED 11110.26, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED DEO.26, 1909. 1,024,483

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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Turkey, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have 12 is ahandle extending from the sad iron, invented a certain new and useful Improveby which the same maybe manipulated.- ment in Sloth-Pressing Machines, of" which To hold the sad iron up against the ball :10, the following is a full, clear, and exact detwo or more vertically disposed rods 18 exscription, such as will enable others skilled tend up from the sad iron (see Fig. 2), and in the art to which it appertains to make pass through a yoke-plate 14 which embraces and use the same, reference being bad to the the screw 7. Springs 15 are interposed-beaccompanying drawings, forming part of tweenthe yoke plate and the nuts 16 on the this specification, in whicli,- upper ends of the rods 13. By this, con- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my struction the sad iron may be yieldingly improved cloth-pressing machine, partly in held in engagement with the ball 10, and

vertical section; Fig. 2 is a front eleva-' the pressure of the sustaining springs-regutional view; and Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic lated at will. This yielding hall andsocket view of the magnet circuit. connection permits the sad iron to accom-; This invention relates to a new and useful modate itself to seams and other irregulariimprovement in cloth-pressing machines, ties which-maybe present in the cloth bethe object being to utilize'an.electro-magnet ing pressed. i i whose energy is exertedto press the sad The smoothing-board preferablyconsists iron upon the smoothing board. of a copper sheet 17 secured on top of a cast Means are provided'itor regulating the iron heating box 1'8. I flow of current to the electro-milgnet, where- 19 is a supply pipe for the gas, where gas by its energy may be increased or decreased is employed as a heating medium, said pipe at the will of the operator. Means are also 19 being connected to burners shown in provided to neutralize the residual inagdotted lines in FizziS'Of (10l11Se0b= netism of the core of the magnet, whereby vious that electricity may be used as a heatits action will be quickly responsive. ing medium if desired. I With these objects in view, the invention The use of a copper smoothing board is 'consists in the construction, arrangement preferred by me on account ofits heat-co'nand con'ibination of the several parts of my ducting property. 1 I have found that a device. all as will be hereinafter described more uniform heat/can be maintained over and afterward pointed out in the claims the surface of a copper smoothing board In the drawings, 1 indicates a base casting than any other available metal. or support substantially in the form of a 'The'lower endof lever 3 is connected to tableon which are arranged brackets 2 contlvo or more springs 20 whose tension is stituting bearings for a vertically arranged made adjustable by the nuts on the eye bolts lever 3. The uppcrend of lever 3 is proto which they are connected, said eye; bolts i vidcd with perforated lugs or car's for rebeing connected to a cross shaft 25 as shown ceiving 21 vertically disposed pintle 4: on in Fig. 1, said springs being of such strength which is pivotally mounted, so as to swing that they tend at all times to hold. the-.sad horizontally. an arm 5 telescopically coniron 11 above and away from'the. sn'ioothing netlctl with a bar (3 sliding ly libused therein, board'17. I and in whose outer end is arranged a screw 3 indicates an arm extending forwardly T. 1 A handwheel 8 is provided whereby from the lower end of leveril, to whose eX- screw 7;.may be turned and adjusted vertitremity is pivotally suspended an armature cally with respect to the arm 6. disk 21, said armature disk having prefert) is a jam not having a hand wheel exably a. brass-"post 22 depending therefrom K. KOUYOUMJIAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HAROUTIUN CLOTH-PRESSING MACHINE.

1,024,483. Specification of Letters Patent. f Patented Ap1123, 1912,,

Application filed December 26, 1908. Serial No. 469,844,

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\ 7 which fits in a semi-spherical socket ina Be it known that I, HAizoUTirN K. Koo

YOI'MJIAN, a subject of the Sultan 0t boss extending up from the sad-iron 11..

and engaging an opening in the core 23 of tension for locking the screw 7 in its ad-' the elcct-ro-magnet which post acts to guide justed position.

the armature in its movement toward and from the magnet. This magnet core 23 is surrounded by a cup-shaped flange 24, between which and the core are arranged the coils of the magnet. tuting the core and its coils, is pivotally mounted on a cross shaft 25. The arm 3 carries a rheostat 26 whose arm 27, which cooperates with the resistance terminals, is over-balanced by a weight 28 (see Fig. 1), which weight tends at; all. times to more the arm 27 so as to cut out all resistance from the magnet windings 29 is a rod. having a roller 30 at its upper end, which roller is arranged under the weighttal end of the rheostat arm. This rod pivotally connected at its lower end to a foot lever 31. nected to the arm 3 and to the foot lever and tends to hold said toot lever and roller 30 elevated at all. times, in which elevated position all the resistance of the rheostat is cut into the magnet circuit. {The upper end ot rod 29 passes through a perforated lug on th arm 2-, which guides the said rod it its movement. The rod slides treely through this perforated lug. and when pressure released from the foot lever, the spring 32 will cause said foot lever to rise and lift the rod so that the weighted end ot the rheostat arm will he ehwaled. \Vhcn the foot lever is depressed the lfl l Qt) is drawn down and eoincidentallv therewith the spring 32 is placed under tension so as to move the main lever 23, causing the sad iron 13 to he lowered against the goods. The armature ":1 will he caused to approach the magnet so as to reduce the air gap hetween the armature and said magnet. and consequently the armature is .--.nh ieeted, by virtue ot its proximity to the magnet. to a strong magnetic influence.

in operation, the cloth to he pressed is arranged in position on the pressing hoard and the iron adjusted over the starting point. The operator then depresses the loot lei er. and the upper end ot lever 23 is awaited 't'orward. The tension of the spring 5: normally holds the rod 29 ele' rated and c use pientlv the weighted end of the lever 27 is elevated and when the foot lever is depressed, the spring 3'3 is expanded and the rod 25) is lowered. thus permitting the weighted end .ot the lever 27 to move downward while the opposite end of said lever i-z etevated therehy cutting out the resistance otter-ed hy the rheostat. and directing the rurrent thr ugh the main Poll of the magn t. in this manner the initial depres sion ol' the loot lever Ill. hy virtue of the strength ol spring It. will unbalance the main lt'\'tl., ll(l cause the iron to he gently hrought into contact. with the cloth to he pre ed wi t hout disturhiug the position oi the rla-ostat. arm which, during this unhal- The magnet. consti- A tension spring 82 is eon-' ancing movementof the main lever, result;- ing from the initial depression of the foot lever, will remain in position to at; in all of the resistance. When the m ement of the main lever is arrested by l waging the iron into contact with the cloth, then a continned depression of the foot lever will expand the spring 32, ahd draw the rod 29 downwardly with respect to the main lever, which downward movement of rod 29 will lower the supporting roller 30 with respect to the pivotal point of the rheostat arm, and permit the weighted end of said arm to move downward gradually, cutting out the resistance. The operator may, by the position of the foot lever, thus control the amount of current admitted to the magnet, after the iron is on the cloth, and when the foot lever is released the resistance. is first cut in so as to reduce the magnetism, after which the main lever, being over balanced, moves to its normal position, and lifts the iron from the cloth, and raises the foot lever. The lower \the foot lever is depressed, the more resistance is cut out, and consequently the magnet becomes stronger until'it reaches its maxim1un va no. The armature disk on the forivard\end ot. the arm 3 is located in the magnetic field and is consequently intiuenced by heing attracted to the magnet, and considerahle pressure may be exerted on the iron 11. The operator has tl amount of pressure exerted on the iron directly under his control. and this pressure may he regulated according to the position of ihe toot. lever. To cut out the magnetic pressure it; is only necessary to release the foot lever and permit it to rise under tension of spring 32 so as to etl'ect the elevation of the weighted end of the rheostat lever. in this uan ner, resistance is cut into the magnet cult and the further upward movement in the foot, lever permits the springs 20 to exert their energies in lifting the iron from the hoard.

in order to neutralize the residual magnetism of the core of the magnetand to avoid a tardy release of the armature dish, from the zone of intluenee ot the magnet resulting from such retained saturation, after the resistance is cut into said circuit, I arrange a high resistance coil (4 on the core 2 3, which high resistance coil is wound in a direction opposite that of the main coil 6 of the magnet, which latter coil is composed of heavier wire.

v is a, switch in the maid line circuit for cutting in and cutting out current to the magnet circuit. The current enters the magnet circuit through wire (5 which is connet-ted to one post of the rheostat 96. A wire 6 leads t'rom the other post of the rheostat through the main coil b of the magnet, and thence hy wire t' ot'the magnet to the return wire ot the main line circuit. The

circuit at all-times, prevents any sparking at the terminals with which the resistance arm coiipe ates, and being in parallel with said rheostat will otter the path for a small portion of the current, the amount of which, passing through the high resistance coil, is determined by the amount of rheostatic resistance cut in the magnet circuit. For instance, normally all of the rheostatic resistance is cut into the magnet circuit tllltlille high resistance coil is energized to its maximum. The armature disk, however, being elevated away from the core of the magnet will, on account of the wide air gap, not be influenced by any magnetic lines of force which might be generated on account of this high resistance coil. In starting the machine, however, the rheostatic resistance cut out of the magnet circuitand as the main winding 7) of the magnet is wound in the opposite direction it will take comparatively few countenmagnctic lines of force to neutralize the high resistance coil d. Then, as more rheos-iatic resistance is cut out, the main coil 1) becomes more power-- fully energized, and the magnet becomes stronger. In cutting in rheostatic resistance in the main magnet winding 7). the reverse is true. lhe coil b becomes gradually weaker until its value is encountered by the high resistance coil, and when the greatest-amount. of rheostatic resistance is cut in, the resistance coil attains its maximum value, which utilized to neutralize the tendency of the core to retain the magnetic saturation resulting from the energization of the main coil 5. there is no lag or tardy In this way, release of the armature disk, and consequcntly the machine is thus made sensitive and instantly responsive to the will of the operator.

. Appropriate means for lubricating the joints of the moving parts is provided,such, for instance, as arranging an oil cup above and a drip cup under the pintle 4, and a spring-pressed, oil-saturated disk under the non-magnetic post 22 which fits loosely in the opening, constituting an oilv well, in the core so as to sustain the magnet in its upright position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a pivot-ally supported main lever, a horizontally swinging extensile arm mounted thereon,-a vertically adjustable member mounted on the end of said arm, means for locking said vertically adjustable member in adjusted position, a sad iron connected to the lower end of said vertically adjustable member by means of a ball and socket joint, and a resilient connection between said. member and said sad iron on each side of said-Joint.

2. In a cloth pressing mach ne, the combination with ii pivotally supported main lever. of a horizontally swinging arm carried thereby. a vertically adjustable member mounted on said horizontally swinging arm.

a sad iron, the lower end of said member and said iron being connected through a ball and socket joint. and a resilient connection between said member and said iron. comprising a plate on the member. studsattached to the said iron passed through holes in the plate. and springs interposed between nuts on the studs. and the plate.

3. In a cloth pressing machine. the coinbiiiation of a main lever and its carried sad iron. pivotallv-mounted means for exerting variable pressure upon said niain lever, manually operable means for controlling the variation of said pressure. said manually operable means being vieldinglv connected to said main lever whereby when "it is operated it exerts an overbalancing pressure upon the niain lever before said manually operable lever .7i('llt:-; a position to control the variable pressure upon said main lever.

-l. in a machine of the ch'aractcr described, the combination with a main lever, oi means for exerting a variable pressure upon said main lever. and manually operable means yieldingly connected to said main lever for controlling the variation of said pressure .'hereb v when said manuallyoperablemeans is operated to increase the presure on the main lever through said first mentioned means, its initial movement will exert an in dependent pressureon the said main lever.

In a machine of the character described. the combination with a main lever, nieans for exerting a variable pressure upon said main lever and i'i'ianually operable nieain for controlling the variation of said pressure, said manually operable means, when operated to increase said pressure, ex-

rting an auxiliating pressure upon said main lever.

G. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a main lever, of means for exerting a variable pressure upon said for controlling the variation of said pres sure. said manually operable means being controlling the variation of said pressure whereby, when said manually, operable means is operated to reduce pressure on the main lever through said first-mentioned lever will likewise bode-creased.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a main lever, means for exerting variable pressure on said main lever, other means opposed to said. variable pressure for moving said main leverin an main lever and manually operable means.

means, its individual pressure on said main vieldingly connected to said main lever for opposite direction, means for controlling the variation of pressure on said main lever, and manually operable means connected to saiil nmin lever for moving the same and opera i115: said variable pressure controlling 11mins :1 Her the main lever has been moved.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses, this twenty third day of December 1908.

HAROUTIUN K. KOUYOUMJIAN.

Witnesses F. R. CORNWALL, GEORGE BAKEWELL. 

